In the Loop
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Athenians Gather to Remember Orlando Shooting Victims
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
On Monday night around 7 p.m., roughly 150 people gathered at the Arch on UGA's North Campus to hold a vigil for the 49 people killed in Saturday night's shooting at Pulse, a gay dance club in Orlando, FL.
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Creature Comforts Raised $65,000 for Local Nonprofits
Creature Comforts’ “Get Comfortable” campaign raised more than $65,000 for local nonprofits, the brewery announced last week.
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The Cottage Wants Your Input on Sexual Assault in Athens
The staff of The Cottage.
The Cottage Sexual Assault Center and Children's Advocacy Center—which recently criticized Athens and UGA officials for not attending a documentary screening on campus rape—has posted an online survey to "assess opinions on local response to sexual assault."
The survey is available in both English and Spanish versions on The Cottage's website through Sunday, June 19.
According to a news release from the nonprofit:
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New Cedar Shoals Principal, ACC Manager Hired
Jestin Johnson.
The Clarke County School District has hired a new principal for Cedar Shoals High School, and a new assistant manager starts work with Athens-Clarke County next month.
The Clarke County Board of Education approved DeAnne Varitek as CSHS principal Thursday night, effective at the start of the 2016–17 school year.
ACC’s new assistant manager, Jestin Johnson, has managed the city of Bisbee, AZ since 2014.
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Leisure Services Director Pam Reidy Is Leaving
Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook
Athens covets a lot about Greenville, SC, but Greenville apparently has coveted our Leisure Services director—and now they got her.
Pam Reidy has been named director of the Greenville Parks and Recreation Department and is resigning from ACC Leisure Services effective June 24, Athens-Clarke County announced this morning.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 6
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Survey: Athens Is Pretty OK, We Guess
Survey says!
To channel my inner Richard Dawson, “Things you say to the local government when they ask you what you think about Athens.”
Athens-Clarke County recently contracted with National Citizen Survey for $15,000 to send surveys to 1,800 randomly selected Athens households. The results were a resounding “meh.”
Out of 364 respondents, 28 percent said Athens is an “excellent place” to live, and 59 percent rated it as “good.” Which is good! But almost all of the results were pretty much on par with what NCS has seen in other communities.
And if you drill down a bit deeper, there are some troubling divisions based on age, race and geography.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of May 30
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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